“I’m so proud of The Redcastle Sessions,” says Dillon. “A show that bleak, wintry northern Ireland in a way that
friend of ours has the amazing house in Donegal where it conveys all its harsh beauty. People say we should give the
was filmed and we had been thinking about doing a DVD for DVD to the Irish Tourist Board to use as a promotional tool!
a while but we wanted to do something different, give our When I heard that I had to laugh and feel satisfied. I love that
listeners more than just another ‘band-on-the-road’/
part of Ireland so much and I do feel we’ve done it and the
backstage at the concert’ type DVD. At one point our friend’s
music justice with The Redcastle Sessions.”
name came up and we gave him a call and, fortunately, he
was up for us taking over his house! A lot of thought and
Were, I wondered, The Redcastle Sessions and Hill Of Thieves
work went into The Redcastle Sessions – getting a film crew
two parts of the same project?
over and having to perform while they are setting up camera

angles isn’t easy! – but we focused on the music and soon
”To be honest, I wasn’t even thinking about the DVD when
forgot all about the crew and it went wonderfully. The film
we made Hill Of Thieves. I guess you could say they fed into
crew had their director and Sam and I directed the music and
one another but where Redcastle... has me singing with a big
it just came together beautifully. We’d eat fresh fish from the
group of musicians Hill Of Thieves is very much small combo.
harbour every night, have a few drinks . . . It was great, so
Sam and I were determined to convey something intimate for
relaxed!”
the new album and I think we’ve achieved it.”
Indeed, The Redcastle Sessions includes a recording of P
Dillon and Lakeman’s decision to form Charcoal Records
Stands For Paddy – which also features on Hill Of Thieves
shows the couple taking a new step forward.
– in McReynolds Bar in Cara’s hometown of Dungiven so
“I’ve got to give Sam all the credit for that,” says Dillon. “If
adding extra Irish flavour to proceedings.
it was left to me I’d keep bumbling along and not change
“Feedback about the DVD has been great. We shot it last anything but Sam did the research and then sat me down
winter in the very north of Ireland and I must say we really and said ‘this is what it costs and this is what it involves’ and
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